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Twitter is clearly under heavy financial pressure. In the week since Elon Musk purchased Twitter for $44 billion, the social media giant has been trying to find ways to cut costs and boost revenue. Musk reportedly told investors he plans to eliminate 3,700 jobs at Twitter Inc., which is about half of the company’s workforce. He’s also announced […]
Trevor Noah is the latest to express frustration over Elon Musk’s plans to attach a fee to Twitter verification. As previously reported by the Verge, Musk wanted to launch a new version of Twitter Blue under which currently verified users would be given 90 days to sign up for a paid subscription or risk losing […]
Elon Musk is wasting no time making changes at his newly-acquired Twitter. According to The Verge, the tech mogul wants to charge people $19.99 a month for the new Twitter Blue subscription, which currently stands at $4.99 a month. And based on the outlet’s sources, one of the benefits of the new subscription package will […]
Twitter has entered a new chapter. And LeBron James has big concerns. Just hours after Elon Musk officially acquired the platform, media watchdog groups found that the use of the n-word had increased nearly 500 percent on the platform. The Washington Post cited data shared by the Network Contagion Research Institute, an independent organization that predicts threats emerging from social media content. After catching wind of […]
Elon Musk is apparently cleaning house. According to the Washington Post, the billionaire tech mogul completed his Twitter acquisition on Thursday night, following months of legal threats and skirmishes. Sources told the outlet that Musk wasted little time making his first big moves as the platform’s sole owner, and immediately terminated some top executives: chief financial officer Ned Segal; Vijaya Gadde, head […]
Elon Musk has crowned himself “Chief Twit.” The billionaire tech mogul made the declaration Wednesday in his updated Twitter bio, suggesting he’ll take over the platform’s top position once his acquisition deal is finalized. In early 2021, he made news for adding “Technoking of Tesla” to his CEO title. Musk has had a rocky relationship with the platform’s […]
Chance the Rapper’s wife has come to his defense. The Grammy-winning rapper began trending this week after he was accused of “liking” sexually explicit content on Twitter. The tweet in question—posted by a trans pornography account back in March—asked users their to chose between three types of trans content: “dating,” “adult games,” and “webcam,” all of which […]
Elon Musk reportedly plans on making drastic changes to Twitter’s workforce once he finalizes his acquisition of the platform. According to the Washington Post, Musk informed potential investors that he’s considering a layoff of nearly 75 percent of Twitter’s entire staff, decreasing the number of employees from 7,500 to just over 2,000. The Post reports Twitter had already been looking to slash its workforce by about […]
Kid Cudi remains humble. On Tuesday the Entergalactic multi-hyphenate hit Twitter to let his 2.7 million followers know that while he appreciates their kind words, he’s not comfortable retweeting anyone calling him a genius. “Hey guys!! I wont RT if u call me a genius im sorry. I dont think im worthy of that praise and its a lil weird […]
On Thursday night, as the music world was preparing for Lil Baby’s new album to drop, Nicki Minaj was prepping for war. It always somehow comes back to this. Nicki Minaj was understandably upset yesterday when she learned that her massive single “Super Freaky Girl” will reportedly not be considered for hip-hop categories at the […]
